Third Cellfield National Conference
Melbourne 2009
More Light on Cellfield EffectivenessAt the 2008 conference on the Gold Coast, Cellfield Licensees from three countries presented their own outcomes data consistent with the peer reviewed study of 282 Cellfield subjects, published in the Australian Journal of Learning Disabilities in 2005.
A presentation at the 2009 Cellfield National Conference, was given by Dr Frances Martin of the University of Tasmania (UTAS). The presentation covered the results of a Cellfield study submitted for a Master's Thesis by Jacqueline Sander. This study, which started in June 2006, was designed and conducted at UTAS, after some training and transfer of know-how by Cellfield.
Although the sample size and trial design was limited due to resource constraints, the Cellfield group did reproduce significantly greater gains than the Placebo group for Word Attack, (decoding pseudo words), and a significantly greater reduction in Dyslexia 'at risk' index.
Of greatest interest to all was the UTAS use of Events Related Potentials, a method of measuring brain activity during reading.
This showed a trend of neural change from right hemisphere activity over to the left hemisphere, consistent with normal readers, which was not present in the placebo group.
It has been thought by many that average Cellfield gains of two years in decoding skills and one year in comprehension, in just two weeks, could not possibly be valid. This UTAS study is the first to reveal brain plasticity changes as claimed by Cellfield, consistent with Cellfield's design of simultaneous activation of visual, auditory and motor elements, the differentiating feature of the Cellfield Intervention.
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